interview

Asking A Paleontologist About Game Design

… Asking A Paleontologist About Game Design … BBC Earth and Evergreen Films are releasing the … this week, but did you know that there is also a video game based on the film? … Asking A Paleontologist About Game

Preview

PlanetSide 2 Time-Lapse Weapon Design

… PlanetSide 2 Time-Lapse Weapon Design … The Sky Lance is a prototype anti-air weapon in the … creation in this video. … PlanetSide 2 Time-Lapse Weapon Design

gdc 2012

Hunting the Whale: How Game Developers Target Gamers' Wallets

… Hunting the Whale: How Game Developers Target Gamers' Wallets … Papaya's Oscar Clark gave a presentation entitled "The Design Secrets of Successful Freemium Games," which offered … term for big-spending gamers. … Hunting the Whale: How Game Developers Target Gamers' Wallets …

video interview

Is Battleborn A MOBA? Here's What Gearbox Says

… Is Battleborn A MOBA? Here's What Gearbox Says … In this video interview, Battleborn's design director and creative … discuss the similarities and differences between their new game and MOBAs. … Is Battleborn A MOBA? Here's What Gearbox …

replay

Replay – Space Station Silicon Valley

… Valley … In this week's video, the Game Informer staff journeys back to the Nintendo 64 for a look at DMA Design's …

Feature

Games To Beat In A Day – Portal

… – Portal … Valve's Portal is one of the greatest feats of game design of the last decade. It's also a testament to the power …

Preview

See How Traffic Makes A Difference In Forza Horizon

… In Forza Horizon … A new developer diary shows the game's open-world design, and how players aren't the only ones on the road. … …

News

Crytek Gives Okay To Fan-Made Resurrection Of TimeSplitters

… Demo for TimeSplitters Rewind hopefully by December, with game soon after. … Crytek Gives Okay To Fan-Made Resurrection …

News

Machinarium Comes To PS Vita March 26

… Comes To PS Vita March 26 … The indie puzzle-adventure game is being released on the PS Vita with all original …

News

ZombiU Creators Talk Game Origins And Permadeath

… ZombiU Creators Talk Game Origins And Permadeath … Story design writer Gabrielle Shrager and co-writer Antony Johnston discussed the game’s origins as Killer Freaks from Outer Space and what it …

gdc 2013

Jason Rohrer Wins GDC’s Final Game Design Challenge

… Jason Rohrer Wins GDC’s Final Game Design Challenge … This theme of this final Game Design Challenge was the last game that would ever be …

contest

Enter Our Luigi's Mansion/Dynamite Cop T-Shirt Design Contest

… Enter Our Luigi's Mansion/Dynamite Cop T-Shirt Design Contest … Submit your entry for a chance to win a prize from the Game Informer vault. … Enter Our Luigi's Mansion/Dynamite Cop T-Shirt Design Contest …

collectibles

Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron-Inspired Titan Figure Unveiled At Toy Fair

… figure ever produced is on its way late this year, and its design draws from the character’s recent appearance in the game from High Moon Studios. … Transformers: Fall Of …

Preview

Power Of Illusion Mixes Old And New Disney Games

… Illusion is aiming to please.  … Mixing Old And New Disney Game Design

News

Early Star Wars: Battlefront III Footage Leaked

… Footage Leaked … Gameplay clip from cancelled Free Radical Design game surfaces. … Early Star Wars: Battlefront III Footage …

News

Machinarium Developer To Release Botanicula This Month

… This Month … Machinarium was a point and click adventure game featuring robots in a robotic world. For the team's next game, it looks like they're moving into the natural world. … …

News

EA Explains Copied Warhammer 40K Designs

… 40K Designs … In the age of the Internet, it's tough to steal design ideas and not get caught. Publisher … stealing tank designs from Games Workshop for its upcoming free-to-play game Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances. … EA Explains …